Magnetic resonance microscopy of iron in the basal forebrain cholinergic structures of the aged mouse lemur

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Gilissen, Emmanuel P ^a   Jacobs, Russell E ^a   Allman, John M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Animal model; Basal forebrain; Iron; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mouse lemur

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON STORAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032870538     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00162-8     Document Type: Article

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